ACCREDITATION AND INTEGRATED PLANNING

1. ACCREDITATION AND INTEGRATED PLANNING All College Day August 24,2012

2. Accreditation Accreditation is for everyone REAFFIRMED

3. What is accreditation? Accreditation validates an educational institution’s standing to offer courses, certificates, degrees, and student service programs per the standards of the Accrediting Commission for Junior and Community Colleges (ACCJC). If WVC loses its accreditation, it would cease to exist as a college.

4. Accreditation Cycle • Six year process • Three year mid-year report • Six year comprehensive report and team visit • 2007 • WVC accreditation reaffirmed • March 2011 • mid-term report upholds status • March 2014 • comprehensive report and team visit

5. Accreditation Timeline and Plan • 2011-12 • Preparation • Institutional Framework • Steering & Disjoint committees • Training • 2012-13 • Writing • Organizing evidence • Steering/writing committees meet • Address areas to improve • 2013-14 • Prepare for submission & visit • College wide review • Finalize draft • Submit final report • Team Visit - March 2014

6. Accreditation Story When we write our report for the Accrediting Commission for Junior and Community Colleges (ACCJC), we tell our Our goal is to receive a “reaffirmation” status. collective college story of successes, accomplishments, and overcoming challenges. collective college story of successes, accomplishments, and overcoming challenges.

7. How do we get there? • ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL REAFFIRMATION • Timely and comprehensive plan • Strong steering committee and writing team • Reflection on current status and willingness to change • Data and evidence driven decision making • Broad-based campus wide participation

8. Accreditation Standards • I • Institutional Mission and Effectiveness • II • Student Learning Programs and Services • III • Resources • Human • Physical • Technological • Financial • IV • Leadership and Governance

9. Standard III Co-chairs: Stephanie Kashima and Frank Kobayashi • Standard III A Co-chairs: Stacy Hopkins and HerlisaHamp • Standard III B Co-chairs: Frank Kobayashi and Steve McCann • Standard III C Co-chairs: Fred Chow and Scott Ludwig • Standard III D Co-chairs: Pat Fenton and Stephanie Kashima Standard I Co-chairs: John Hannigan and Inge Bond • Standard II Co-chairs: Kuni Hay and Heidi Diamond • Standard II ACo-chairs: Kuni Hay and Heidi Diamond • Standard II B Co-chairs: Victoria Hindes and Carol Pavan • Standard II CCo-chairs: Maryanne Mills and Monet Payton Accreditation Standards • Standard IV Co-chairs: Lance Shoemaker and Laurel Kinley

10. 2012-2012: The Writing Year Fall 2012 Focus • Ongoing steering and writing committee meetings • Timely editing • Evidence collection and organization • Coordination of district services • Addressing need to improve areas • Ensuring that integrated planning is at the sustainable continuous improvement level

11. Integrated Planning Integrated planning brings it all together

12. Recognizing NeedsImproved Outcomes By focusing on the relationship between needs and outcomes, we can increase student learning, success, and satisfaction.

13. In Action STUDENT SERVICES INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS

14. Elements of Planning The college mission informs all areas of integrated planning: Program Review and Student Learning Outcomes Goals Resource Allocation Implementation

15. The Accreditation Perspective on Integrated Planning • An effective institution demonstrates a conscientious effort to produce and support student learning, measures that learning, assesses how well learning is occurring, and makes changes to improve student learning. • It also organizes its key processes and allocates its resourcesto effectively support student learning. • Further, it sets goals to improve its effectiveness consistent with its stated purposes.* *ACCJC-WASC Accreditation Standards

16. Integrated Planning Status • Wrote outcomes for all programs and courses • Designed online assessment tool • Conducted program review for all programs 2010-2011 • Developed new mission statement • Reviewed 10-11 goals and objectives • Developed 12-13 goals and objectives 2011-2012

17. SLOs: Progress and Next Steps

18. Program Review:Progress and Next Steps • 1 • New questionnaire including SLO assessment questions developed in 11-12 • 2 • New 2 year program review cycle 2012-13 PROGRAM REVIEW THEMES REPORT • Draft evaluation rubric in progress • 3 • 4 • Thematic review in progress • 5 • Improve online reporting mechanism to be more user friendly 2013-14 BUDGET

19. Resource Allocation:Progress and Next Steps • Program review themes will inform resource allocation decisions in 12-13 • Process will continue in 12-13 with the addition of SLO assessment themes RESOURCES Instructional Areas Non-Instructional Areas

20. How We Do It: West Valley College Integrated Planning

21. Integrated Planning: Looking Ahead 2012-13 • Complete comprehensive SLO report • Compile comprehensive Program Review reports • Inform College Council goal setting and resource allocation processes • Evaluate12-13 goals and objectives

22. Thank you! • Heidi Diamond • SLO Committee Chair • Inge Bond • Director of Institutional Research • and Planning • John Hannigan • Program Review Committee Chair • Kuni Hay • Vice President of Instruction • Stephanie Kashima • Dean of Instruction and Student Success • Nina Kamath • Freelance Designer